New units? What are they?

[Frog]

What new units would you like to see added to the Pacfic game? Being a naval duel i would like to see-

1) Battle cruisers- 16 IPC defend and attack @3 to hits to sink.

2) Escort carriers- 10 IPC, attack @ 1 Defend @ 2 holds one fighter.

[Sinister]

I'd like to see blockhouses or pillbox rules for islands.

[Krieghund]

Originally posted by Frog:
Battle cruisers- 16 IPC defend and attack @3 to hits to sink.A more realistic treatment of battlecruisers would probably be to let them attack and defend at 4, but take only one hit to sink. They were generally armed as well as battleships, but sacrificed defensive armor for speed.

[oculona]

Originally posted by Sinister:
I'd like to see blockhouses or pillbox rules for islands.I too would like to see Pillbox's on islands. Maybe allow infantry to defend at 3

[Frog]

Pillboxes!!! I love it!!! never thought of it before and I don't know why. Some of those islands were really dug in. maybe they could even fire at ships.

I bet I could use the blockhouses from D-day, I already use the black fighters for kamikazees.

Keep it comming I love these ideas!!!

[Krieghund]

Mines, minelayers and minesweepers. Not sure how it would work, though. One idea put forth by someone (GetStrafed, maybe?) was to treat minefields like AA for ships.

[oculona]

Originally posted by Krieghund:
Mines, minelayers and minesweepers. One idea put forth was to treat minefields like AA for ships.Minelayers and sweepers would be excellent or possibly combine them into one unit for mine laying and sweeping for ease of play.

I still to this day remember fondly an old game for the Intellivison called Sea Battle. I loved the mine layers in that game and can't remember seeing layers since.

[Frog]

What about fanatical Island defense?? some maybe 3 max Inf. defend @ 3. This would represent those infantry still fighting 20 years after the war was over.

I don't thinl it would work if every INF. defend @ 3.

[Lobo]

Fleet carriers-Attack 0, defend 1, carries 3 planes
Carrier=Attack 0, defend 1, carries 2 planes
Escort Carrier=Attack 0, defend 0, carries 1 plane

Battleships and Heavy Cruisers fire in the opening round, with casualties being removed before combat (like subs no return fire).

It's not a unit, but I like the naval rules in the Axis and Allies Advanced Realism Rules. The draft rules are free on the web. The guy only published part 1 of 3 with FINAL rules. (1) Naval units can pass through Sea Zones without engaging in combat, but enemy units may engage them in 1 round of intercept combat. (2) All naval units may simply "break-off contact" and remain in a SZ, similar to subs. (3) aircraft may perform interceptions in adjacent SZs and can defend naval units in adjacent SZs.